Texas boy captures national spelling bee championship
Rob ert A Wake 13 of Houston Texas won the 39th National Spelling Bee by spelling ratoon a shoot from a perennial plant after a tense contest The runner up was Beth Sherrill 14 of Lucy Tennessee who misspelled sachem The top prize is 1000 cash a New York City trip a trophy and a ruby set medal Beth earned 500 Sonya Gilliam 13 of Lubbock Texas took third with muumuu spelling error Local and national papers sponsor the event which attracted 71 finalists from six million students
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Robert A. Wake
Houston
Tex
Beth Sherrill
Lucy, Tenn
New York City
Beth
Sonya Gilliam
Lubbock
Scripps-Howard Papers
Esther Wake
News executives divided on gas tax increase
Montana news media leaders split over raising state gasoline taxes to fund cities counties and state with one common stance no increase to fund the federal government. Survey results from the Montana Highway Users Conference show 30 to 0 against higher federal taxes 24 to 11 for city use 26 to 5 against county use and 27 to 5 against state use while backing higher daytime speeds and possible higher night limits.
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Standard Post
Helena
Montana
Montana Highway Users’ Conference
MHAC
Albert Erickson
Montana Automobile Association
PLO to Send Army Elsewhere to Fight in Viet Nam
PLO chairman Ahmed Shukeiry announced plans to deploy elements of the PLO army to Viet Nam to fight alongside the Viet Cong against American imperialism. The semiofficial Egyptian agency noted training in guerrilla warfare and potential use of Red China training, with no number of troops specified.
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UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Viet Nam
Middle East
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Shukeiry
Palestine
Israel
United Arab Republic
Red China
Reverend Grey Heads Europe Research Tour for Doctoral Work
The Rev. William J. Grey son of Mr and Mrs Steve Greytak of Butte has left for Europe to study at the French National Archives in Paris and the Vatican library in Rome for his dissertation. He is an assistant professor at Carroll College Helena and has been in residence at Arvada Colorado while pursuing his doctorate at the University of Colorado Boulder. A $3300 fellowship from Colorado University funds the European studies. He visited his brother Stephen in Minneapolis and another brother in Chicago during travel.
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Steve Greytak
Butte
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French National Archives
Paris
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Rome
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Helena
Arvada
Colo
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Boulder
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Butte Boys Central
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Krum Seeks Constable Nomination in South Butte
Norman Krum of 2212 Walnut files Thursday for Democratic nomination to a two year term as constable in South Butte Township. A Silver Bow native, he attended Ramsey School and Butte High School and served four years in the Navy in World War II. He is a Berkeley Pit worker and former Teamsters member who pledges to maintain law and order in the public interest.
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Walnut
South Butte
Silver Bow
Krum
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Butte High School
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Atlantic and
Pacific
Teamsters Union
Berkeley Pit
Machinists Union
Granite Hospital Weekly Patient Report
Granite County Memorial Hospital admitted residents include Mrs. Charles Canty Mrs. Ed Culler Mrs. Walter Johnson Jr Vern Engle Norman Bohrnsen Carlin Mrs. Vinson Fessler and Tim Carlin of Philipsburg Mrs. John Ledbetter of Anaconda George Jenkins Hall and Denise Winstead of Melrose. Dismissals include Orval Messer Drummond Robert Hibbs Mrs. Charles Canty Mrs. Ed Culler and daughter Mrs. Walter Johnson Jr Vern Engle Norman Bohrnsen and Pat Carlin.
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Philipsburg
Granite County Memorial Hospital
Charles Canty
Ed Culler
Walter Johnson Jr
Vern Engle
Norman Bohrnsen
Carlin
Vinson Fessler
Tim Carlin
John Ledbetter
Anaconda
George Jenkins
Hall
Denise Winstead
Melrose
Orval Messer
Drummond
Robert Hibbs
Salaries Released for Junior High Teachers List
Trustees announce next term salary schedule for Junior High teachers. The list reflects 180 teaching days plus three pupil days and a paid day off for orientation and records. Numerous named educators and exact salaries are provided, with differences tied to experience and training.
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School Dist
Arlene Bugni Bajovich
Vincent Barry
Fred Bennett
Joseph Blacker
Harold Bowman
Charlotte Brim
Robert Binney
Leroy Casagranda
James Combe
Hollis Coon
John Francis
Joseph Patrick Geraghty
William Graham
Thomas Kelly Green
Hazel Hamry
Daniel William Harrington
John Hash
Helen Helms
John Hendra
Roy Albert Hubber
Diane Huber
Carol Hughes
Joseph Hughes
Lawrence Albert Jang
Bill Jolly
Lawrence William Kalafatich
Shirley Keil
Paradeep Port to Open for Iron Exports Next October
The Indian port of Paradeep, its eighth major harbor, is set to begin traffic next October mainly to handle iron exports. It lies on the upper Bay of Bengal southwest of Calcutta and will serve as a key export hub.
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New Delhi
India
Paradeep
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Australia Produces 38 Million Gallons of Wine in 1965
Australia turned out 38 million gallons of wine in 1965 reflecting strong winemaking activity. The figure highlights industry scale during the mid 1960s with production in several regions and export potential rising.
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Australia
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